King's College London term dates 2026/27 and 2027/28

Compiled from King's College London's published calendar · last checked 12 September 2026

These are King's College London's published term dates for 2026/27 and 2027/28: when each term starts and finishes, with the vacations between them. We take the dates from the university's own calendar (linked below) and recheck them each academic year. Reading weeks, exam periods and welcome week arrangements sit in the notes under each year where the university publishes them.

King's College London term dates 2026/27

PeriodStartsEndsLength
Semester 1 2026 termMonday, 28 September 2026Friday, 18 December 202612 weeks
Vacation vacationSaturday, 19 December 2026Thursday, 21 January 2027
Semester 2 2027 termFriday, 22 January 2027Friday, 7 May 202715 weeks
University notes for 2026/27:
  • Semester 1 teaching runs from Monday 28 September to Friday 11 December 2026, followed by a teaching and revision week from Monday 14 December to Friday 18 December 2026.
  • Semester 2 teaching runs from Friday 22 January to Thursday 25 March 2027, with a further teaching and revision period after Easter from Monday 19 April to Friday 7 May 2027.
  • King's states there will be no centrally managed in person examinations on Friday 22 January 2027, the day semester 2 teaching begins.
  • Reading weeks, where a programme has them, are normally Monday 2 November to Friday 6 November 2026 and Monday 1 March to Friday 5 March 2027.
  • Assessment periods: Friday 8 January to Friday 22 January 2027, Monday 10 May to Friday 4 June 2027, and Monday 9 August to Friday 20 August 2027.
  • Welcome to King's runs from Monday 14 September to Friday 25 September 2026, with faculty inductions in the week of Monday 21 September.
  • These dates apply to most undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes; some programmes, including Medicine MBBS, Dentistry BDS, nursing and midwifery, follow their own calendars.

King's College London term dates 2027/28

PeriodStartsEndsLength
Semester 1 2027 termMonday, 27 September 2027Friday, 17 December 202712 weeks
Vacation vacationSaturday, 18 December 2027Sunday, 23 January 2028
Semester 2 2028 termMonday, 24 January 2028Friday, 5 May 202815 weeks
University notes for 2027/28:
  • Semester 1 teaching runs from Monday 27 September to Friday 10 December 2027, followed by a teaching and revision week from Monday 13 December to Friday 17 December 2027.
  • Semester 2 teaching runs from Monday 24 January to Friday 31 March 2028, with a further teaching and revision period after Easter from Monday 24 April to Friday 5 May 2028.
  • Reading weeks, where a programme has them, are normally Monday 1 November to Friday 5 November 2027 and Monday 28 February to Friday 3 March 2028.
  • Assessment periods: Monday 10 January to Friday 21 January 2028, Monday 8 May to Friday 2 June 2028, and Monday 7 August to Friday 18 August 2028.
  • Welcome to King's runs from Monday 13 September to Friday 24 September 2027.
Source: these dates come from King's College London's official term dates page, last checked by us on 12 September 2026. The university's page is the authority if anything changes mid-year. Read how we compile dates.

Common questions

When does King's College London term start?

The next term at King's College London is Semester 1 2026, starting Monday, 28 September 2026.

Do these dates apply to every course?

They're the university's published dates for standard undergraduate teaching. Postgraduate, medicine, law conversion and some professional courses often run longer or start earlier, and welcome week sits before the first term for new students. Your course handbook is the authority for anything that costs money to get wrong.

Where do these dates come from?

From King's College London's own published term dates page, linked below, checked on 12 September 2026. Nothing is estimated.

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